General information about the Pine Ridge Agency and Oglala Sioux tribe, including reservation administrative structure, program funding, education, land problems, tribal organization, and tribal goals.

Subject and date listing of tape recordings made by the Lymans at Pine Ridge, with references to the locations of transcripts within this collection.

Statement by David Long (Crazy Horse), vice president of the Oglala Sioux tribe of Pine Ridge Reservation, asking the government for land compensation.

Copy of a letter from the United States Indian commissioner (signature illegible) asking all Indians to curtail dancing ceremonies and tend to their crops.

Interviews conducted by June Lyman of Flandreau Indian School graduates as part of a survey directed by Byron Brophy.

Interviews conducted by June Lyman of Pine Ridge Sioux for Gordon MacGregor's book. Warriors Without Weapons.

"I Am Lonesome," a poem written by an unknown Indian at Pine Ridge.

Statement by David Long (Crazy Horse), vice president of the Oglala Sioux tribe of Pine Ridge Reservation, asking the government for land compensation.

Letters sent between Lyman and the Bureau of Indian Affairs about a job as Pine Ridge Agency placement officer.

"Racial Snobbery," a letter to the editor by Badger Clark of Custer, South Dakota.

Letters sent between Lyman and Charles F. Miller, area placement officer, about the housing conditions at Pine Ridge.

Articles about Sioux migrations from Pine Ridge to urban centers.

Letters sent between Lyman and the Bureau of Indian Affairs about the position of Pine Ridge Agency placement officer; carbon copy of June Lyman's Christmas letter to relatives; and a reading about children that was presented at a Pine Ridge Parent-Teacher Association meeting.

Articles about Pine Ridge and the Sioux Indians.

Letters sent between Lyman and the Bureau of Indian Affairs addressing employment concerns.

Articles about Sioux history, including the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 and the Battle at Little Big Horn; Indian art; difficulty adjusting to the "White World"; and the controversy over the burial of David Long (Crazy Horse).

Articles principally concerning social problems among the Indians, particularly those of the Sioux tribe; and news stories about Thomas James White Hawk, accused of the murder of James Yeado in Vermillion, South Dakota.

Statement by David Long (Crazy Horse), vice president of the Oglala Sioux tribe of Pine Ridge Reservation, asking the government for land compensation.

Reports about the Sioux community, including August Chicago Tribune extracts from Dee Brown's book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; and an article about Mattie Grinnell, a 105-year-old Mandan woman.

Memorandums from Joe Mooney, teacher supervisor for Little Wound Day School in Kyle, South Dakota.